Foot-rest for car-seats.



- No. 660,733. Patentad Oct. '30, I900.

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'FOOT REST'FOR cAn sEATs.

(Appliution filed Oct. 37, 1898. Renewed May 24, 1-900.)

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No. 660,733. Patantod Oct. 30, I900.

W. I. NOBCROSS'. 1

FOOT BEST FOR CAR SEATS.

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UNITED ST T-Es P T NT OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. NOROROSS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOOT-REST FOR CAR-SEATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,733, dated October 30, 1900. Application filed octoti 27, 1398. Renewed May 24,1900. SEEING-17,886 Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. NORCROSS, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot-Rests for Car-Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference'being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to foot-rests for carseats, and,briefly described,comprises a novel construction and arrangement of depending frames adapted to be swung singly or together into or out of active position, as convenience or need may require, together with frictional means to maintain said frames or either of them in the raised or inactive position, all as will be hereinafter particularly described and duly claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a car-seat embodying my invention in its preferred form. Fig. 2 is a transverse section as on the line was of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial vertical section as on the line yy of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of one end of the foot-rest detached as seen from below, the swinging frames being shown in'their raised positions. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section, enlarged, through the frictional pivot connection of the frames. Fig. 6 is a detail of said connection. Fig. 7 is a separate View of the spring friction-band.

A A represent the end frames of a car-seat connected by the usual rails a, which are fitted. to sockets or casings a on the inner sides of the frames. Ordinarily one of these frames is supported upon the side wall of the car and the other by a suitably-located cricket or standard 11 B C are the seat and back sections, respectively, so constructed and relatively arranged that the latter may be shifted or swung from side to side of the former, as occasion may require, and the seat at the same time be inclined and forwardly projected in respect to the position of the back.

In the construction herein shown the seatsection is supported at each end upon a rocker D, which is connected with a depending arm E on the back by means of a lever F, the lower end of said arm being provided with two laterally-projecting studs e e', which are adapted to coact alternately with appropriate camways a a on the adjacent end frames as the back is swung from side to side on the leverc0nnection,and thereby positively guide :and steady the back in its adjustment.

A car-seat of the character above described forms the subject of my Letters Patent of the United States No. 610,719, dated September 13, 1898, to which reference may be had.

The sockets or casings on each of the end frames are connected by a transverse bridgebar 1, to which are centrally pivoted the upper ends of two depending arms 2 2, which diverge toward the respective sides of the seat structure. The lower ends of the corresponding arms on the respective ends of the structure are connected by means of longitudinal bars 3, the whole constituting 0ppositely-disposed swinging frames, which may be raised or lowered independently of each other. The bars 3, when the frames are down, serve as foot-rests for the occupants of the adjacent seats. When the seat is facing one direction, the rearward frame may be swung down to afford a foot-rest for the occupants of the adjacent back seat, while the forward frame may be swung up out of the way, or, if desired, the forward frame may be swung down to provide a foot-rest for the occupants of the adjacent front seat should the two seats be facing each other. If it be desired to clean the car below the seat, or to raise a trap-door beneath the seat, or for any purpose to secure a clear and uninterrupted space immediately below the seat,both frames may be swung .upward, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

As a simple and efficient means to maintain the frames elevated I provide therefor a frictional pivot connection,which in its preferred form is illustrated in the drawings. It will be observed that the diverging bars at each end of the structure are disposed on the respective sides of the bridge, the hubs 4. of said arms being hung on a common pivot 5 and provided on their inner sides with annular spaces or grooves 6, containing each a spring-band 7. One end of the band is bent inward to afford ateat 8, which is inserted between and held by two studs or projections 9 on the adjacent side of the bridge, while the body of the band is sprung into the space or groove, so as to bear yieldingly against and around the opposing wall of the latter. Thus a uniform frictional connection is had between the end bar and the bridge for the purpose stated. The connection also prevents rattling of the frames. It will be obvious, of course, that the adjacent end bars may be mounted upon separate and independent pivots; but the first described construction is preferable.

I The respective hubs are provided with projections 10, which abut against suitably-located studs 11 on the proximate bridge-bars, and thereby limit the downward movement of the swinging frames.

I claim as my invention 1. In a car-seat, the combination with supports, of two oppositely-extending foot-rest frames having a common axis of oscillation, and friction-springs located adjacent to said axis and adapted to coact with the respective frames, substantially as described.

2. In a car-seat, the combination with supports, of two oppositely-extending foot-rest frames, common pivots for the adjacent ends of the respective frames, and friction-springs located adjacent to said pivots and adapted to coact with the respective frames, together with independent stops or abutments for said frames, substantially as described.

3. In a car-seat, the combination of the bridgebars, pivots thereon, oppositely-extending foot-rest frames provided with hubs mounted on said pivots, said hubs being provided with annular spaces or grooves, and spring bands secured to said bars and con tained within said spaces or grooves to exert friction on the walls of the latter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM M. NORCROSS.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. NOLAN, ANDREW V. GRoUPE. 

